A dictionary of the . :43, and meeting withhis father, 46 : 29 ; Ahabs fleeing beforethe coming storm at the command ofElijah, 1 Kgs. 18:44; Naamans com-ing to Elisha, 2 Kgs. 5:9; and theEthiopian eunuchs journey 8 : 2S. But the commoner use wasfor war. They are first mentioned inthe Bible in connection with Joseph inEgypt. Later on they formed part ofPharaohs pursuing army at the Exodus. CHA CHA And they were part of the offensiveweapons among all nations which figurein Bible history. The use of war-chari-ots was introduced by David. 2 :4. This change was obedient t
A dictionary of the . :43, and meeting withhis father, 46 : 29 ; Ahabs fleeing beforethe coming storm at the command ofElijah, 1 Kgs. 18:44; Naamans com-ing to Elisha, 2 Kgs. 5:9; and theEthiopian eunuchs journey 8 : 2S. But the commoner use wasfor war. They are first mentioned inthe Bible in connection with Joseph inEgypt. Later on they formed part ofPharaohs pursuing army at the Exodus. CHA CHA And they were part of the offensiveweapons among all nations which figurein Bible history. The use of war-chari-ots was introduced by David. 2 :4. This change was obedient to thealtered condition of the people, from ademocracy, which relies upon volunteersfor its defence, to a monarchy, whichemploys a regular army. Solomon had1400 chariots, and cities fortified fortheir safe-keeping. 1 Kgs. 10 : 26 ; 9 :19. After his day they formed a regu-lar branch of the military service, andare frequently mentioned. 1 Kgs. 22:34 ; 2 Kgs. 9 : 16, 21 j 13 : 7, 14 ; 18 : 24;23 : 30 ; Isa. 31 : 1. The texts just. Egyptian Chariot. (After Wilkinson.) quoted also prove that Egypt was thesource whence both the chariot-horsesand the chariots themselves were prin-cipally drawn. A description of anEgyptian chariot will therefore be adescription of a Jewish one. TheEgyptian chariot was an almost semi-circular wooden frame with straight-ened sides, resting posteriorly on theaxle of a pair of wheels, a rail of woodor ivory being attached to the frame byleathern thongs, and a wooden uprightin front. The back of the car was open,and the sides were strengthened andembellished with leather and metalbinding : the floor was of rope net-work,to give a springy footing to the occu- pants. On the off-side were the bow-case, sometimes the quiver, and spear-case, crossing diagonally : the last namedinclined backward. If two warriorswere in the chariot, there was a secondbow-case. The wheels had usually sixspokes, fastened to the axle by a linch-pin, secured by a thong. The horseshad a
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